The Railway Children (Puffin Classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014119782X ISBN 13: 9780141197821

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2011

Synopsis

The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys", a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Foreign Office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home; he is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited. The family takes care of a Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.

About this title

From the Back Cover

They were not railway children to begin with... They did not guess then how they would grow to love the railway, and how soon it would become the centre of their new life, nor what wonders and changes it would bring them.

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later connected to the Labour Party.

Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 014119782X
• ISBN 13: 9780141197821
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 164